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The Douglas A-1 Skyraider (formerly designated AD before the 1962 unification of Navy and Air Force designations) is an American single-seat attack aircraft in service from 1946 to the early 1980s, which served during the Korean War and Vietnam War.
Decommissioned in 1974 and acquired by Svedinos the same year. Former Fleet Air Arm Skyraider AEW.1, WT962. [4] In storage AD-4W. 127945 – Owned by Flygvapenmuseum but on loan to Skyraider AB, Karlskoga, for restoration. Former Fleet Air Arm Skyraider AEW.1, WV185. Used by Svensk Flygtjänst as target tug 1963-1973, registration SE-EBI ...
The squadron first received the following aircraft on the dates shown: [1] F8F-1 Bearcat – Jul 1948; F8F-2 Bearcat – 11 May 1949; F4U-4 Corsair – Aug 1950; AD-3 Skyraider – Dec 1950; AD-1 Skyraider – Jan 1951; AD-2 Skyraider – Sep 1951; AD-4NA Skyraider – Aug 1952; AD-4Q Skyraider – Aug 1952; AD-6/AD-1H Skyraider – Dec 1953 ...
The Royal Navy received 50 AD-4Ws [1] which were given the designation Skyraider AEW.1 These were used from 1951 until 1962. Fleet Air Arm 849 Naval Air Squadron
The AD-5 Skyraider, redesignated the A-1 in 1962, saw action in the Korean and Vietnam wars as an attack bomber, close air support plane and search-and-recovery aircraft, according to the ...
EA-1F Skyraider from VAQ-33 assigned to USS John F. Kennedy. VAQ-33 , nicknamed the Firebirds , was a Tactical Electronic Warfare Squadron of the U.S. Navy , serving for 44 years (1949–1993) under various designations and with a constantly-evolving group of aircraft.
This pod was popular for use on the F-4C and F-4D Phantom II aircraft, as well as British FG.1 and FGR.2 Phantom IIs. [2] [14] The pod still has a weight restriction, weighing more than its predecessor at 1,730 lb (780 kg) loaded with 1,200 rounds of ammunition, and still has the fixed rate of 6,000 rpm. [1]
VA-105 was commissioned on 1 May 1952 at NAS Cecil Field flying the AD-1 Skyraider. On 4 March 1958 the squadron's commanding officer, Commander E. F. Ternasky, was killed during a night ditching astern of USS Essex. In July–August 1958, the squadron flew close air support missions from Essex during the landing of U.S. Marines in Beirut ...